Golden Bear — Every Winner and Nominee

Every film recognised in the Berlinale Golden Bear category in CineRoll's records: 78 films across 69 years, 102 of them winners.

The most recent winner is Yellow Letters (2026); the earliest on record is Hobson's Choice (1954).

The last three winners were Yellow Letters (2026), Yellow Letters (2026) and Dreams (2025).

The list is newest first. Each year shows the winner at the top, then the other nominees; a year with enough nominees links to its own page.

Last updated August 12, 2026

2026

Yellow Letters(2026)
İlker Çatak
Winner
Yellow Letters(2026)
Gelbe Briefe
Winner

2025

Dreams(2025)
Drømmer
Winner

2024

Dahomey(2024)
Mati Diop
Winner

2023

On the Adamant(2023)
Nicolas Philibert
Winner

2022

Alcarràs(2022)
Carla Simón
Winner

2021

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn(2021)
Radu Jude
Winner

2020

There Is No Evil(2020)
Mohammad Rasoulof
Winner

2019

Synonyms(2019)
Winner

2018

Touch Me Not(2018)
Adina Pintilie
Winner

2017

On Body and Soul(2017)
Winner

2016

Fire at Sea(2016)
Winner

2015

Taxi(2015)
Jafar Panahi
Winner

2014

Black Coal, Thin Ice(2014)
Diao Yinan
Winner

2013

Child's Pose(2013)
Winner

2012

Caesar Must Die(2012)
Winner

2011

A Separation(2011)
Winner

2010

Honey(2010)
Semih Kaplanoglu
Winner

2009

The Milk of Sorrow(2009)
Claudia Llosa
Winner

2008

Elite Squad(2008)
José Padilha
Winner

2007

Tuya's Marriage(2006)
Winner

2006

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams(2006)
Jasmila Zbanic
Winner
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams(2006)
Grbavica
Winner

2005

U-Carmen eKhayelitsha(2005)
Mark Dornford-May
Winner
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha(2005)
Winner

2004

Head-On(2004)
Winner

2003

In This World(2002)
Michael Winterbottom
Winner
In This World(2002)
Winner

2002

Bloody Sunday(2002)
Paul Greengrass
Winner
Bloody Sunday(2002)
Winner
Spirited Away(2001)
Winner

2001

Intimacy(2001)
Patrice Chéreau
Winner
Intimacy(2001)
Winner

2000

Magnolia(1999)
Paul Thomas Anderson
Winner
Magnolia(1999)
Winner

1999

The Thin Red Line(1998)
Terrence Malick
Winner
The Thin Red Line(1998)
Winner

1997

The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996)
Milos Forman
Winner
The People vs. Larry Flynt(1996)
Winner

1996

Sense and Sensibility(1995)
Ang Lee
Winner
Sense and Sensibility(1995)
Winner

1995

Fresh Bait(1995)
Bertrand Tavernier
Winner
Fresh Bait(1995)
L'appât
Winner

1994

In the Name of the Father(1993)
Jim Sheridan
Winner
In the Name of the Father(1993)
Winner

1993

The Wedding Banquet(1993)
Winner
Women from the Lake of Scented Souls(1993)
The Women from the Lake of Scented Souls
Winner

1992

Grand Canyon(1991)
Lawrence Kasdan
Winner
Grand Canyon(1991)
Winner

1991

The House of Smiles(1991)
Winner

1990

Larks on a String(1990)
Winner
Music Box(1989)
Costa-Gavras
Winner
Music Box(1989)
Winner

1989

Rain Man(1988)
Barry Levinson
Winner
Rain Man(1988)
Winner

1988

Red Sorghum(1988)
Winner

1987

The Theme(1986)
Winner

1986

The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial(1986)
Reinhard Hauff
Winner
The Baader-Meinhof Gang on Trial(1986)
Stammheim
Winner

1985

The Woman and the Stranger(1985)
Winner
Wetherby(1985)
David Hare
Winner
Wetherby(1985)
Winner

1984

Love Streams(1984)
John Cassavetes
Winner
Love Streams(1984)
Winner

1983

Ascendancy(1983)
Edward Bennett
Winner
Ascendancy(1983)
Winner
The Beehive(1982)
Winner

1982

Veronika Voss(1982)
Winner

1981

Faster, Faster(1980)
Hurry, Hurry!
Winner

1980

Heartland(1979)
Richard Pearce
Winner
Heartland(1979)
Winner
Palermo or Wolfsburg(1980)
Winner

1979

David(1979)
Peter Lilienthal
Winner
David(1979)
Winner

1978

Ascensor(1978)
Tomas Munoz
Winner
Ascensor(1978)
Winner
Trout(1978)
José Luis García Sánchez
Winner
Trout(1978)
Las Truchas
Winner
What Max Said(1978)
Emilio Martinez Lázaro
Winner
What Max Said(1978)
Las palabras de Max
Winner

1977

The Ascent(1977)
Winner

1976

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson(1976)
Winner

1975

Adoption(1975)
Winner

1974

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz(1974)
Ted Kotcheff
Winner

1973

Distant Thunder(1973)
Winner

1972

The Canterbury Tales(1972)
Winner

1971

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis(1970)
Winner

1967

The Departure(1967)
Jerzy Skolimowski
Winner

1966

Cul-de-sac(1966)
Roman Polanski
Winner

1965

Alphaville(1965)
Jean-Luc Godard
Winner

1964

Dry Summer(1964)
Winner

1963

Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai(1963)
Bushido, Samurai Saga
Winner
To Bed or Not to Bed(1963)
Winner

1962

A Kind of Loving(1962)
John Schlesinger
Winner

1961

La Notte(1961)
Michelangelo Antonioni
Winner

1960

El Lazarillo de Tormes(1959)
César Ardavin
Winner

1959

The Cousins(1959)
Claude Chabrol
Winner

1958

Wild Strawberries(1957)
Winner

1957

12 Angry Men(1957)
Winner

1956

Invitation to the Dance(1956)
Gene Kelly
Winner

1955

The Rats(1955)
Robert Siodmak
Winner

1954

Hobson's Choice(1954)
David Lean
Winner